German cursive handwriting

Old German (Prussian) Alphabet & German Script - from Elementarbuch Der Deutschen Sprache, by Arnold Werner-Spanhood (1912)

German Cursive Alphabet

Page #1 of 4 - A pilot in WW I, Philip Clarke Garratt wrote this letter to his mother to be mailed should he be killed in battle. He lived...and it wasnt until 58 years later that it was discovered amongst his belongings after he died in 1974.

I will transcribe your old german handwriting

Kurrent script from a 1903-1914 primer on German, the 26 letters, ligatures, start of sample text, from someone with impeccable and amazing handwriting.

Kurrent was a script that normally was written with flexible pointed steel nibs in Germany from 1856 until about 1924. In between Fraktur and Sütterlin script, it was the standard way of writing in Germany for a very short time. In fact, many of the letters written by Emma Krafft herself were in this style. I was very happy to design two monograms for a German couple in this script style on our classic his and hers Victorian Signet ring. ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆ Kurrent, 1856’dan yaklaşık 1924’e…

Making sense of German historical records can be tricky because the old German Cursive Alphabet and typefaces kept changing. See why!

10 antique ledger pages with beautiful German/English handwritten calligraphy numbers for junk journal, decoupage art, scrapbooking, mixed media projects. Perfect for adding a touch of vintage style to your

Fraktur in calligraphy and handwriting

WWII German Handwriting

Download this handy alphabet chart to help you in deciphering handwritten Germanic letters you’ll encounter in genealogical records research.

Even though I’ve been living in Moscow for almost 9 years now, I must admit that every time I need to read Russian handwriting (that is Russian cursive alphabet) I broke into a sweat. Oddly enough, when it comes to writing Russian cursive, I feel very confident and have no problems at all. So where do these difficulties in reading Cyrillic cursive come from? Why is Russian cursive so scary and what should you do to improve your Russian handwriting skills? Let’s figure this out!

German cursive alphabet.